Tag: Brave Artists

Today’s post is written by our Brave Artist Mariah Neilson ************************************************************************ When I was younger, I thought I would met my Prince Charming one day, the next day I would be in love, the day after that we'd plan a wedding and the rest would be history. I expected a BIG BANG moment. Fireworks and … Continue reading Big Bang Love

Today’s post is written by our Brave Artist Mariah Neilson ************************************************************************ Let me entertain you. That would be easier. Easier than opening up to you. It would be easy to create a story, so you can't see my pain. Let me entertain you. Something - interesting. Enticing. Alluring. I will tell wild tales … Continue reading Let Me Entertain You

Today’s post is written by our Brave Artist Mariah Neilson ************************************************************************ I get so caught up in my to-do lists and big dreams for the future that I forget to be thankful for the little things. I forget to stop and notice things. So these pictures are of the little things I stopped and noticed … Continue reading Little Things

Today’s post is written by our Brave Artist Toni Imsen ******* There it sits. A blank canvas. It sits there waiting like so many other things right now. Sometimes it takes courage NOT to do something. Right now I am choosing NOT to do several things. My life has so many other important things that … Continue reading Courage NOT To Do Something

Today’s post is written by our Brave Artist Toni Imsen ******* It was back in 1990, I remember it well. It was a strategic conversation and a pivotal moment in my life. I had just come out of a very broken home a few years earlier. I moved out of my childhood home at … Continue reading I Made The Change

Today’s post is written by our Brave Artist Toni Imsen*******Success and Failure, two sides of a streamWe believe one is death, and the other a dreamAren’t they both two kinds of extreme? One is not right, and the other to blameThey both are two players in life’s little gameWhat if I told you the two are … Continue reading Success and Failure

Today’s post is written by our Brave Artist Mariah Neilson ************************************************************************ I am sitting here, in the plush velvet chair over looking a stage. A stage that hosted big names. People who started organizations that have made a global impact. I am sitting in a giant old elegant theater, listening to a speaker talk about … Continue reading I Kept Walking

Today's post is written by our Brave Artist Toni Imsen * * * * * * * The sun went down. He said he was coming. But he didn't come. A promise broken. Again, just like the other times. I wondered what was wrong with me. I packed it. I carried it to the porch. … Continue reading The Little Flowered Suitcase

Today’s post is written by our Brave Artist Mariah Neilson ************************************************************************ In black and white, I am safe. In black and white, its wrong or right. It is either good enough or inadequate. In black and white, I am confined. When I stay in black and white, you can't see my ugly. But you can't … Continue reading Black and White.

Today’s post is written by our Brave Artist Toni Imsen. * * * * * * * * * * There is a game we play in our family called the Hi-Lo. We share with each other the "high" and the "low" of our day. * * * * * * * * * * … Continue reading Handling the Hi-Lo